"Armed" boy saves trapped puppies. (The Goodness of America).August 9th was a hot day in Watsonville, California Watsonville is a city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population was 44,265 at the 2000 census. Like neighboring Salinas in Monterey County, Watsonville produces a variety of fruits and vegetables, primarily strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, and . The temperature had reached 90 degrees when 9-year-old Isiah Ayala noticed two puppies in a parked car near his home. The vehicle was locked and a window was cracked only slightly. It was clear to Isiah that the small Labrador mix dogs were in serious trouble. Fortunately, the boy was "armed" with a rifle-shaped Supersoaker water gun. He ran to the car, stuck the muzzle muzzle 1. the part of the face supported by the maxillae and nasal bones; the part of a dog's head anterior to the stop and cheeks, containing the nasal passages and bearing the nosepad. Longer in dolichocephalics and practically nonexistent in brachycephalics. of the gun through the partially rolled-down window, and began squirting squirt v. squirt·ed, squirt·ing, squirts v.intr. 1. To issue forth in a thin forceful stream or jet; spurt. 2. To eject liquid in a jet. v.tr. 1. the puppies to cool them down. He kept doing so until police and animal control officers arrived to complete the rescue. Animal control personnel said that the dogs would likely have died had the quick-thinking youngster not showered them with water. Instead, they fully recovered and have since been adopted. On October 30th, Isiab was honored during a ceremony at the Watsonville Police Department, where he received certificates from Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz County is the name of two counties in the United States:
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